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User Manual
BritePort 8120
Backbone - The part of the communications network intended and designed to carry the
bulk of the traffic. It provides connectivity between various sub-networks in an
enterprise’s wide area network.
Bandwidth - A measure of the maximum rate of data transfer. Greater bandwidth allows
the transfer of more information in a given period of time. For digital services, the
bandwidth is usually expressed in bits or bytes per second.
Binary - A number system that has only two digits 0 and 1.
BPS - Bits Per Second — A measurement of data transmission speed.
Bridge - A hardware device that links two or more local area networks (LANs) and manages
the transfer of data between these LANs.
BritePort - A term coined by Broadxent, Inc. that refer to a DSL equipment at customer’s
premises.
Broadband - A transmission media that can handle the transmission of multiple messages,
at different frequencies, at a time. The broadband signals use analog carriers.
Browser - See Web browser.
Cable modem - A modem that sends and receives digital data on the same cable that brings
television broadcast signals to your home.
CAP - Carrierless Amplitude Phase modulation — A modulation technique used for
transmitting digital data using an analog carrier. ADSL modems use either CAP
modulation or Discrete Multitone (DMT) modulation.
CO - Central Office — a telephone company’s office facility that handles the switching of
telephone calls on the public switched telephone (PSTN) for a small regional area.
CPE - Customer Premises Equipment — The equipment installed at a customer’s premises
for the DSL service, for example a DSL modem.
Desktop - When a graphical user interface (GUI) is used to access applications such as with
the Macintosh or Windows, the on-screen background is said to be the desktop.
DHCP - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol — A method of assigning a temporary IP
address to a host, such as a computer, connected on a specific network. With dynamic
addressing, a particular host has a different IP address each time it connects to the
network. (also see IP Address and Static IP Address)